Seasonal cycle of water balance in major river basins, 1979-1993 mean (2) Calculated from river discharge and "ERA15" meteorolgical data Huang He (Yellow) ---------- Amur (Heilong Jiang) ---------- Lena (S is shown as relative values, whose minimum being zero.) In mid-latitude East Asia, S takes maximum in autumn. In cold region, S takes maximum at the season of snowmelt. The Amur river basin has both characters mixed.